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To all persons to 'whom these-presents may come: Beit known that l, CHEsTEn F.D1-:A1\',of ist. Johns- 'litiicd- Aitzttrr.' zitrntgffitt,

CHESTER F. DEAN, or JoHKsBUnv, 'Vermolen Assionon fro rmts t Pnnnoou, Ann HALSEY rr PADnooK, 0F SAME PLAGE Leum Pam.: svg; 86,285, darai Imm-y 26, 1869. v

bnry, ofthe oounty of Caledonia, oi' the .State of Yer mont, have invented a new and useful improvement, which I -terni a Barrel-Hoop Looscner and liriil-li);- tractor; and do hereby declare tin.- sannc to be fully described in theibllowing specitentiornand represented in the a/txmmpanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a 'top View, Y

Figure 2, a side elevation,

Figure 3, a front-end view, andl Figure 4, a longitudinal section of it.

The special object of thc implement is the loosen ing of hoop, and 'the confining-nails thereof, of a barrel, in order to enable a person tri-remove such hoop,

` or a band, of the barrel from the body or stares.

A denotes a lever or bar, formed with :i claw, (1,4m one end, and also with a projection, B, extended from it in manner as represented.'

The front edge of the Said projection is inclined at an obtuse angle with the top ofthe claw. rr, und is provided with a` series of notches'as shown at' b. Y

A slot, c, extends down through the projection andthe lcver, and receives the shorter :frm of a bent lever, C, which is formed in manner as shown in the dmwings. l

This arm, at its lower part, is constructed with a hooked claw, d, and, besidcs, it has a f -ulcrurn or pin, e, which projects in opposite directions from it', and is disposed on it, as shown in tig-s. l and il.

The series of notches, arrangedas represented, answers 'as a series oi' bearings for the snid fuir-rum, by

which the hooked claw maj.' he adjusted to rar-ions' positions, relatively to the claw or projection a, or 'be brought into the proper relation therewith to adopt the implement to the loosening of a hoop.

In using the implement, the part ay is to be luid on the uppe. edge of a stave of a barrel. The lever B is next to be adjusted, so as to cansey its claw to pass un der and against thehoop, ater which the longer ann of the lever B' is to be borne toward that of the lever the implement still further. useful for the purpose for which it is designed.

The implement I have found to be of great advantage toa cooper, as it will enable him to loosen the hoops oi' a borrel and ext-hurt their .holding-nails with great ease and eiiiciency.

I make no claim to n lever provided with a hooked claw piroied to it.

Nor do I claim the combination and arrangement ofa lever, a hammer-head, and a hooked claw, as represented in the United States patent, No. 73,923, dated January 28, 1868, and gmntedto Thomas J.Phillips. l I

My implement is not only differentfrom that of Phillips, but is incapable of being used in the same man-ner, for, win-n that of Phillips is used, the hammer-head rests c-n the barrel-head, and the consequence is that the pressurey exerted to loosen the hoop is likely to force in or injure the lkml-head; Abutf\vitlr ln v im' pleurent, when used, the claw a of the lever A rests dirctlv on the top of a sta've of the barrel, and thusthenis no pressure on the'barrehhead.

Furthermore, with my, imple-nient the hookedelaw,

ily-'means oi' the nouhes b b, can be'adjusted to different depths below the lever A, so as to adapt the claw to a hoop when below theliead of thelnrrel.

My implement can be worked to better `adijrm than the others heretofore referred to. Therefore,

1 claim the implement herein described, consisting ofthe levers G and A, and fulcrum-pin e, when all the parts anc constructed and arranged in the manner and for the purpose set forth;

' CHESTER F. DEAN.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY,l F. P. Hum, Jr.

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